Physical and Chemical Analysis of Land in Forest Peat Swamp in Resort Pondok soar, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan

Abstract

Peatlands are ecosystems with the particular characteristic that is high organic matter content. On the other hand, these features lead to the peat soil vulnerable to decreasing the quality of the land. This study aimed to analyze the physical and chemical properties of peat soil in the peat swamp forest in the Resort Pondok soar, Tanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan. The method used in this research is systematic sampling with a set of five points as soil sampling with twice replications within the plot measuring 100 m × 100 m. Peat soil at the site of research has added to peat ranged from 20 -> 400 cm. Tests showed there are different levels of maturity of peat from fibric until saprik, and the peat is likely to have the same maturity level or more raw than the maturity level of peat with field tests. The results of color identification are very dusky red, dark reddish-brown, reddish-black, and black. Peat soil has a pH ranging from 3.7-5.2 with an average pH of 4.5 (acidic), does not contain pyrite, ash around 1:13% - 43.88%, and the content of organic C ranges from 32.55% - 57.35%.

Making Biodegradable Seedling Pots from Textile and Paper Waste—Part B: Development and Evaluation of Seedling Pots

“…The pH of an aqueous solution extracted from Jiffy pot was lower than the other studied pots, this is because the Jiffy pot used in this study is made of Sphagnum peat moss and wood pulp. The pH result observed commensurate with the pH range of peat soil of 3.7–5.2 with an average pH of 4.5 [ 44 ]. After 7 days of incubating the dishes with seeds, the SG and the RSG for all the seeds tested from the four saturated aqueous pot extracts were 100%.…”

Nontuberculous Mycobacteria as Sapronoses: A Review

“…hominissuis is most commonly found in peat bogs and sphagnum and this environment is regarded as a reservoir for this NTM [ 164 ]. The pH of this environment is typically around 4.5 and presumably this NTM is well adapted to this low pH [ 165 ].…”

Degree of peatland maturity over different types of land use in Kinali, West Sumatra Indonesia

“…Ash content of Kinali peat soil was significantly different among land use types (Figure 10). It was inversely related to fiber content [17]. They found that ash content of Tanjung Soar, Kalimantan, peat soil (20 ->400 cm depth) was 1.13-43.88%.…”